MM always black screen with cursor

nowayto

@sdetweil Thank you for the answer.
Ok, this evening I’ll show the ~/install.log and I’ll try to install MM with 32bit image.
I have another micro SD to test.
“show the messages for npm start” do you mean to copy the log screen I see from SSH?
To start MM I tried 3 ways:
1- from ssh “npm run start” “npm start”
2- from ssh the “DISPLAY=:0…(etc etc)” command
3- from terminal, directly on raspberry, “npm run start” and “npm start”

sdetweil

@nowayto show

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm start >somefile.txt

then when screen up, ctrl-q

and look at somefile.txt

nowayto

@sdetweil

This is the result inside the *.txt

magicmirror@2.30.0 start
npm run start:x11

magicmirror@2.30.0 start:x11
DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

[2025-02-24 20:55:20.171] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.30.0
[2025-02-24 20:55:22.568] [LOG] Loading config …
[2025-02-24 20:55:22.695] [LOG] config template file not exists, no envsubst
[2025-02-24 20:55:31.157] [INFO] Checking config file /home/berrymirror/MagicMirror/config/config.js …
[2025-02-24 20:55:31.368] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn’t contain syntax errors :)
[2025-02-24 20:55:31.371] [INFO] Checking modules structure configuration …
[2025-02-24 20:55:33.349] [INFO] Your modules structure configuration doesn’t contain errors :)
[2025-02-24 20:55:33.364] [LOG] Loading module helpers …
[2025-02-24 20:55:33.371] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert.
[2025-02-24 20:55:33.399] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2025-02-24 20:55:33.401] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[2025-02-24 20:55:33.404] [LOG] No helper found for module: clock.
[2025-02-24 20:55:34.525] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2025-02-24 20:55:34.526] [LOG] Module helper loaded: calendar
[2025-02-24 20:55:34.532] [LOG] No helper found for module: compliments.
[2025-02-24 20:55:34.538] [LOG] No helper found for module: weather.
[2025-02-24 20:55:35.571] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2025-02-24 20:55:35.572] [LOG] Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[2025-02-24 20:55:35.573] [LOG] All module helpers loaded.
[2025-02-24 20:55:35.711] [LOG] Starting server on port 8080 …
[2025-02-24 20:56:47.381] [LOG] Server started …
[2025-02-24 20:56:49.306] [LOG] Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[2025-02-24 20:56:50.754] [LOG] Starting module helper: updatenotification
[2025-02-24 20:56:50.897] [LOG] Connecting socket for: calendar
[2025-02-24 20:56:51.135] [LOG] Starting node helper for: calendar
[2025-02-24 20:56:51.155] [LOG] Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[2025-02-24 20:56:51.159] [LOG] Starting node helper for: newsfeed
[2025-02-24 20:56:51.421] [LOG] Sockets connected & modules started …
[2025-02-24 20:58:33.277] [LOG] Launching application.

sdetweil

@nowayto i would wait a little longer, web app not open yet

or npm start dev, in the dev window select the console tab

see if there is an error displayed

nowayto

After 1 millions of tests and trying… now it works.
It seems it start to work using “raspbian bookworm 32bit legacy”.
I tried with the non-legacy too and it didn’t work.
Is that possible?
I’m asking that because I know my 3 model A+ is 64bit capable.
Honestly, without your advice… I’ll never though it could be the OS.
Thank you a lot, now I’ll start a new chapter: the configuration

sdetweil

@nowayto i think 64 bit is ok, IF you have the physical memory
3A doesnt

sdetweil

@nowayto configuration, try my MMM-Config module. also supports installing modules

https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Config

nowayto

@sdetweil
very interesting. I’ve installed it, but I can’t access to webpanel.
Tried with:
http://IP:PORT/configure
http://LOCALHOST:PORT/configure
no access.
tried with standard 8080 and another port chosen by me.
computer IP is whitelisted, and clearly on same network.
config check is OK

~/MagicMirror/config $ npm run config:check

magicmirror@2.30.0 config:check
node js/check_config.js
[2025-02-26 15:19:04.776] [INFO] Checking config file /home/PINAME/MagicM irror/config/config.js …
[2025-02-26 15:19:04.960] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn’t contain syntax errors :)
[2025-02-26 15:19:04.962] [INFO] Checking modules structure configuration …
[2025-02-26 15:19:05.229] [INFO] Your modules structure configuration doesn’t c ontain errors :)

Another little issues: sometimes I got black screen with cursor after “npm run start”
I have to restart it in order to making it work

sdetweil

@nowayto did you add my module to config.js

{
        module:"MMM-Config",
        position:"....one_of the positions",
         config:{
          }
},

sdetweil

@nowayto

on the startup, can you show the output of
npm run start

also show output of
free -m